Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island: USGS

It comes two weeks after a shallow 6.9-magnitude quake on Aug 5 levelled tens of thousands of homes, mosques and businesses across Lombok.

A deep, undersea natural disaster with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 has struck Fiji and small tsunami waves have been observed but no damage reported.

So far, there is no information on damages, or injuries.

The PTWC says that based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi.

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan passes away
In this transfer of responsibility, operations in the former Yugoslavia were turned over to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation . Queen Elizabeth II receives the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan , at Buckingham Palace in 2004.

Trump Calls On SEC to Study Ending Quarterly Reporting
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Tropical Storm Ernesto On The Way
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Chelsea are not title contenders yet, claims Sarri
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New Cases Bring Measles Count To 3 In Florida's Gulf Coast
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NSW fires burn amid drought conditions
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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas confirm they are engaged
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Netflix cancels comedian Michelle Wolf's show
On Sept. 14, the platform will debut Norm Macdonald Has a Show and on October 28, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj will premiere. The streaming service has canceled The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale and The Break with Michelle Wolf , EW has confirmed. 8/19/2018

Man City's De Bruyne suffers knee injury in trainingNaija247news
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Unai Emery reveals who will start in goal against Chelsea
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